
'Avoidable' death of shearer: Coroner calls for drivers to stay off road after drinking, using drugs
Blenheim man had alcohol and cannabis in his system ahead of fatal crash.
Blenheim man had alcohol and cannabis in his system ahead of fatal crash.
'Maximum destruction with minimal effort, leaving him to die,' Crown tells murder trial.
Rongopai Pene repeatedly followed the woman while she ran through Puarenga Park.
'Tell the family I'm sorry I can't be there,' mum says son told him last time they spoke.
"I was beginning to feel nauseous ... Less control over my body, I didn't feel good."
Earlier that week the unnamed defendant had practised using a shotgun, court heard.
Further delays in the Megaupload case as Dotcom and US seek the path of extra appeals.
If the knife had struck his collarbone, he might still be alive, murder trial jurors told.
"I just remember this sort of smell, this sort of sweaty, musky, alcohol smell."
There has been a turn in the Red Fox Tavern trial today.
Defence lawyer: "He is intelligent. He is capable. He is charismatic."
The businessman allegedly tried to dissuade a complainant from giving evidence.
'I don't know how to control the bleeding', defendant desperately told 111 call taker.
Khing Wong was sentenced in November for the fatal crash.
Dog handler's shock at late-night Mt Eden crime scene.
Northland meth dealer vows to turn life around and gets home detention.
Dilip Rupa is the first person in NZ to face court action for failing to display QR codes.
'You took away a piece of my freedom I will never get back.'
Opinion: Bare assertions are not proof, no matter how many times they are repeated.
Dean Gray also kicked the young boy in the head at least once.
An inmate beaten as he slept in his cell at Manawatu Prison may not survive his injuries
The man was originally granted a discharge without conviction and name suppression.
Opinion: Demerit points for youth offences proposed along similar lines to driving.
"It took time to chase rabbits down holes and identify what had gone wrong."
The social harm of this amount of the Class A drug was nearly $240m, a court has heard.
A prominent rich-lister is due to stand trial alongside his business manager on Monday.
The third day of the high-profile trial has begun.
He faces 33 charges relating to 8 boys including multiple counts of sexual abuse.
The horse went several weeks without any food, and minimal water.
Rikki-Lee Simeon and Brendon Hamilton probably should have not been together, jury told.